CVE-2018-7164

Name	CVE-2018-7164
Description	Node.js versions 9.7.0 and later and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is MEDIUM. A bug introduced in 9.7.0 increases the memory consumed when reading from the network into JavaScript using the net.Socket object directly as a stream. An attacker could use this cause a denial of service by sending tiny chunks of data in short succession. This vulnerability was restored by reverting to the prior behaviour.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
nodejs (PTS)	buster	10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u1	fixed
	buster (security)	10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u3	fixed
	bullseye	12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u3	fixed
	bookworm, sid	18.13.0+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency
nodejs	source	jessie	(not affected)
nodejs	source	stretch	(not affected)
nodejs	source	(unstable)	10.15.0~dfsg-6	unimportant

Notes

[stretch] - nodejs <not-affected> (Only affects >= 9.x)
[jessie] - nodejs <not-affected> (Only affects >= 9.x)
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/#memory-exhaustion-dos-on-v9-x-cve-2018-7164
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3217e8e66fa81e